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Colm Meaney is a male stage, film, and television actor from the Republic of Ireland. Born in Dublin on May 30, 1953, he began his professional work period in 1978. He speaks English and currently resides in Sóller. Meaney has two children.
His career has included recognition in both theater and film. He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role. In a quote, he described his experience as having "two different careers, the Star Trek career and the other career."
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Film & TV
Acting · Dublin, Ireland
Colm J. Meaney (born May 30, 1953) is an Irish actor. He is widely known for playing Chief Miles O'Brien in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He is second only to Michael Dorn in most appearances in Star Trek episodes. He has guest starred on many other television shows, from Law & Order to The Simpsons, and has a significant career in motion pictures.
Known for
- Remarkably Bright Creatures — Ethan Mack2026
- Bring Them Down — Ray2025
- The Legend of the Happy Worker2025
- Re-Creation — Ian Bailey2025
- Safe Harbor — Kieran Walsh2025
- The Ballad of Davy Crockett — Caleb2024
- No Way Up — Brandon2024
- The Problem with People — Ciáran2024
- Duchess — Frank Monaghan2024
- Marlowe — Bernie Ohls2023
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4
- Total plays
- 9
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,938x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,989x
- Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 7,992x
- Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 6,183x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
· 2017 · cited 6,171x
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Quotes
- “Sometimes it’s like I’m two different actors with two different careers, the Star Trek career and the other career.”
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1953-05-30 ) 30 May 1953 (age 73) , Dublin , Ireland
- Education
- Abbey Theatre School
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1971–present
- Spouses
- Bairbre Dowling ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1977 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1994 ) Ines Glorian ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2007 )
- Children
- 2, including Brenda Meaney
- Awards
- Full list
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Colm J. Meaney (/ˈkɒləm/; Irish: Colm Ó Maonaigh; born 30 May 1953) is an Irish actor. Known for his performances across screen and stage, he has received seven nominations from the Irish Film & Television Academy, winning twice for 2001's How Harry Became a Tree, and 2016's The Journey. Other film credits include Roddy Doyle's Barrytown franchise, Con Air, Layer Cake, The Damned United, Get Him to the Greek, and The Snapper, for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical, and won the Silver Hugo Award for Best Actor at the 1993 Chicago International Film Festival.
On television, Meaney is best known for his portrayal of Miles O'Brien in both Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999), appearing in a total of 225 episodes. Other television credits include five seasons as Thomas C. Durant on the AMC western Hell on Wheels (2011–2016), James Burbage on the TNT historical fiction series Will (2017), and Finn Wallace on the Sky Atlantic crime series Gangs of London (2020). Meaney's numerous guest appearances include roles on Moonlighting, MacGyver, Murdoch Mysteries, Law & Order, The Simpsons, and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Colm Meaney” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.